A Bangladeshi court ruled on Jan. 7 that a lovesick macaw parrot be reunited with her male partner after she stopped eating in the wake of their separation.
The macaw named Princess had been fasting since Jan. 3 when her long-time companion Prince was handed back to his owner Iqram Selim, who had left him in the hands of a private zoo in the capital Dhaka for safe keeping five years ago.
A magistrates court in Dhaka ruled that Princess should stay with Selim, saying it would be cruel to separate her from her mate after such a long period and could lead to her death.
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The zoo owner, Abdul Wadud, bought Princess from a dealer in Brazil as a partner for Prince and the couple got on so well that she gave birth to three chicks in September, 2011.
After Wadud refused to return Prince, Selim won a court order and was reunited with his gold and blue parrot.
After Princess went on hunger strike, however, Wadud decided to appeal the order and the court ruled on Jan. 7 in his favor.
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Wildlife experts said that Princess’s refusal to take food following the separation was quite normal as the species is generally monogamous once they have found a suitable mate.
(AFP)
孟加拉一法院一月七日判決，一隻害相思病的金剛鸚鵡應與她的男伴侶團圓；她在與所愛分離後停止進食。
這隻名為「公主」的金剛鸚鵡，自從一月三日她的長期伴侶「王子」歸還給他的飼主塞利姆後，便一直絕食。五年前塞利姆將王子交由首都達卡一座私人動物園保管。
達卡的裁判法院判決，公主應留給塞利姆，並表示在如此長久的相互為伴後，拆散她與她的伴侶是非常殘酷之事，並可能導致她死亡。
動物園主瓦度在巴西從一名販子手中買下「公主」，做為「王子」的同伴，這對鸚鵡如膠似漆，二○一一年九月牠產下三隻幼雛。
在瓦度拒絕歸還王子後，塞利姆贏得法院命令，並與他的琉璃金剛鸚鵡團聚。
但在公主絕食抗議後，瓦度決定上訴，法院一月七日做出對他有利的判決。
野生動物專家指出，公主在與所愛分離後拒絕進食，是極為正常的行為，因為該物種一旦找到合適的伴侶，通常便是一夫一妻。
（法新社／翻譯：魏國金）
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